Research published earlier in 2025 found that whales sing less when food is scarce. Using underwater microphones, or ...

For centuries, the deep, resonant calls of blue whales have been a defining sound of the open ocean. These low-frequency songs, which can travel for hundreds of miles, are crucial for their ...

Somewhere deep in the Pacific, off the sunset-lit cliffs of Big Sur and the fog-wrapped bluffs of Mendocino, the largest animal ever known to live on planet Earth has grown quieter. Blue whales, once ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists are using military technology for locating submarines to track rare blue whales hundreds of kilometres away by eavesdropping on their distinctive songs. Blue ...

The sound of the blue whale’s singing has decreased off the coast of California, frightening scientists who believe it is an indication of greater ecosystem danger. Scientists tracked the auditory ...

A hungry whale is a quiet whale. A new first-of-its kind study found the marine mammals vocalized less after a marine heat wave decimated their prey, making whale songs a barometer of the effects of ...

A six-year study off California’s coast shows how marine heat waves and noise pollution are silencing the ocean’s largest singers. Does saving the ocean start with hearing it? A blue whale swims near ...

Researchers detected a drop in blue whale songs off the coast of California following a marine heat wave. A six-year study by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) showed songs detected ...

Changing ocean conditions making whale prey scarce are causing the mammals to stop singing, a recent study has found. Researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Cascadia Research ...

The waters of the West Coast are falling silent. Somewhere deep in the Pacific, off the sunset-lit cliffs of Big Sur and the fog-wrapped bluffs of Mendocino, the largest animal ever known to live on ...